“You don’t need any source to do anything now,” Levine said. “Back in the day, there needed to be some credibility to the rumor. Now, someone can just literally say whatever they want and put it out there, and it’s fine.”

The Maroon 5 front man, who is set to wed Behati Prinsloo in the coming months, added that he doesn’t understand how ex-lovers can remain friends after a breakup.

“I don’t know how dudes are friends with girls they used to be with. I don’t get down with that at all.”

Listen to additional clips from Howard’s interview with Levine, and clips from Howard’s Tuesday interview with Melissa McCarthy, below.